CVE-2022-1012 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2022-1012

A memory leak problem was found in the TCP source...

Vulnerability Description

A memory leak problem was found in the TCP source port generation algorithm in net/ipv4/tcp.c due to the small table perturb size. This flaw may allow an attacker to information leak and may cause a denial of service problem.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Kernel
Vulnerable Versions:
Linux kernel version prior to 5.18-rc6

Timeline

Official Publish: August 5th, 2022
Last Modified: August 2nd, 2024
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)